Chapter 1

• John and the Frog
• Witness of the Johnstown Flood in Heaven

Chapter 2

• How the Brother Was Called to Preach
• How the Preacher Made Them Bow Down
• Pa Henry's Prayer
• How the Church Came to Be Split Up
• Why Negroes are Black
• Why Women Always Take Advantage of Men
• Sue, Sal and That Pretty Johnson Gal

Chapter 3

• The Quickest Trick
• How to Write a Letter
• A Fast Horse
• "Ah'll Beatcher Makin' Money"
• "The Workinest Pill You Ever Saw"
• How Jack Beat De Devil
• "John Henry"

Chapter 4

• Ole Massa and John Who Wanted To Go To Heaven
• Massa and the Bear
• Why the Sister in Black Works Hardest
• "De Reason Niggers is Working So Hard"
• Deer Hunting Story

Chapter 5

• Big Talk
• The First Colored Man in Massa's House
• What Smelled Worse
• The Fortune Teller
• How the Negroes Got Their Freedom
• The Turtle-Watch
• "From Pine to Pine Mr Pickney"
• "God an' de Devil in de Cemetery"
• Praying for the Rain
• Kill the White Folks
• "'Member Youse a Nigger"

Chapter 6

• You Think I'm Gointer Pay You But I Ain't"
• Why the Mocking Bird is Away on Friday
• Man and the Catfish
• How the Snake Got Poison
• How the Woodpecker Nearly Drowned the Whole World
• How the Possum Lost the Hair Off His Tail
• How the 'Gator Got His Mouth
• How Brer 'Gator Got His Tongue Warn Out.
• How the 'Gator Got Black

Chapter 7

• How Brer Dog Lost His Beautiful Voice
• What the Rabbit Learned
• The Goat that Flagged a Train
• Shooting Up Hill
• Tall Hunting Story
• The Hawk and The Buzzard
• Why They Always Use Rawhide on a Mule
• Why We Have Gophers
• How God Made Butterflys
• How the Cat Got Nine Lives
• The Son Who Went To College
• Why the Waves Have Whitecaps

Chapter 8

• How the Lion Met the King of The World
• Sermon by Travelling Preacher

Chapter 9

• Card Game
• "Ella Wall"
• "Ah'm Gointer Loose Dis Right-hand Shackle from 'Round My Leg"
• Strength Test Between Jack and the Devil

Chapter 10

• Why the Porpoise Has His Tail on Crossways
• Why the Dog Hates the Cat
• How the Devil Coined a Word
• How Jack O'Lanterns Came to Be
• Whey the East Coast Has Mosquitos and Storms
• How a Loving Couple Was Parted
• "All These are Mine"
• How the Squinch Owl Came to Be
• The Talking Mule
• High Walker and Bloody Bones
• Fight at Pine Mill